President Reagan's 100th birthday(30 images)

Ronald Reagan at the age of one. (UPI PHOTO/FILES) | License Photo

ORIGINAL CAPTION: Ronald Reagan (2nd R) with his older brother, his father and his mother. (UPI PHOTO/FILES) | License Photo

President Ronald Reagan is seen here around age 13 outside his home in Dixon, Illinois. It was there that Reagan entered high school at this same time and developed a passion for football. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America, was instrumental in bringing about the collapse of communism and an end to the Cold War. The former President is now 92 and has been suffering from alzheimer's for over ten years. (UPI/File) | License Photo

"Life is just one grand sweet song, so start the music," reads the entry beside Ronald Reagan's 1928 Dixon High School yearbook photo taken during his senior year. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America, was instrumental in bringing about the collapse of communism and an end to the Cold War. The former President is now 92 and has been suffering from alzheimer's for over ten years. (UPI/File) | License Photo

Ronald Reagan is seen here in this 1933 file photo following his move to Des Moines, Iowa where he was the sports announcer for WHO radio station. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America, was instrumental in bringing about the collapse of communism and an end to the Cold War. The former President is now 92 and has been suffering from alzheimer's for over ten years. (UPI/File) | License Photo

After finishing his education at Eureka College, Ronald Reagan began his career as a sports broadcaster on WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa. He is seen here in this file photo taken in the mid-1930's. There he would broadcast Chicago Cubs' ball games based on telegraph reports from Wrigley Field. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America, was instrumental in bringing about the collapse of communism and an end to the Cold War. The former President is now 92 and has been suffering from alzheimer's for over ten years. (UPI/File) | License Photo

ORIGINAL CAPTION: Leading Man? He used to carry the flag or, in this case, the sword, for Warner Brothers. Is it possible that he might become the nation's most important leading man? That's Ronald Reagan at left in a 1940 movie, "Santa Fe Trail." And that's Errol Flynn by his side. Reagan, who has served as Governor of California, is campaigning for the Republican Presidential nomination. (UPI PHOTO/FILES) | License Photo

Ronald Reagan stars as Professor Peter Boyd in the 1951 movie, "Bedtime for Bonzo." He is seen here in this promotional still from the film with his chimpanzee co-star Bonzo. (UPI PHOTO/FILES) | License Photo

President Ronald Reagan is seen here during his years as an actor with co-star Doris Day in the 1952 movie, "The Winning Team", about baseball great Grover Cleveland Alexander. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America, was instrumental in bringing about the collapse of communism and an end to the Cold War. The former President is now 92 and has been suffering from alzheimer's for over ten years. (UPI/File) | License Photo

President Ronald Reagan is seen here striking a pose similar to the one in his film "Knute Rockne, All American", as he models for a sculpture class, May 2, 1940. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America, was instrumental in bringing about the collapse of communism and an end to the Cold War. The former President is now 92 and has been suffering from alzheimer's for over ten years. (UPI/File) | License Photo

Ronald Reagan is seen here with his son Ron Jr., wife Nancy and daughter Patti in this Christmas 1966 family portrait. This was the year that Reagan's career in elective politics and his arduous journey to the White House began. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States of America, was instrumental in bringing about the collapse of communism and an end to the Cold War. The former President is now 92 and has been suffering from alzheimer's for over ten years. (UPI/File) | License Photo

Tired campaigner Nancy Reagan naps on her husband's lap on flight back to California, from a trip to the south and east as Govenor Ronald Reagan sought delegate strength for the Republican National Convention. His strong efforts failed later when Pres. Ford won the nomination.(UPI Photo/Brad Zucroff) | License Photo

NEW ORLEANS: In his final soliloquy at political center stage, President Reagan snaps a salute to the delegates to the Republican National Convention at the conconclusion of his speech on August 15, 1988.(UPI Photo/Troy Gomez/Files).. | License Photo

President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush are seen here in this July16, 1981 official White House portrait. (UPI/File) | License Photo

A happy President Reagan uttered two words, "Thank God", on learning the Senate had approved his sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia, then predicted the "cause of peace is again on the march in the Middle East." (UPI Photo/Don Rypka/FILES). | License Photo

U.S. President Ronald Reagan talks on the phone from Air Force One, the presidential airplane, November 10, 1982. (UPI Photo/Files) | License Photo

President Reagan, at a White House luncheon honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, proposes a toast in rememberance of the late president. (UPi Photo/Larry Rubenstein/FILES) | License Photo

President Ronald Reagan addresses the National Black Republican Council late September 15, 1982. Reagan said it is "just plain baloney" to suggest the Republican party is soft on civil rights and challenged critics to find flaws in his own record. (UPI Photo/Chas. Cancellar/FILES) | License Photo

President Reagan has his hands full with a basketball and other souvenirs during a April 2, 1987 welcoming ceremony for members of Tennessee's NCAA women's champion basketball team. The Lady Volunteers beat Louisana Tech to win the title. (UPI Photo/Doug Mills/FILES) | License Photo

First Lady Nancy Reagan kisses President Ronald Reagan on his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base after the Iceland summit. Photo by Ron Bennett/UPI | License Photo

President Ronald Reagan tries out his arm with a coconut, while the First Lady hangs onto her hat as they stroll along the beach April 27, 1986 outside their private residence in Kahala, Hawaii. (UPI PHOTO/FILES) | License Photo

President Ronald Reagan practicing his putting aboard Air Force One while en route to Geneva, Switzerland. Clockwise from left are: Major Tom Carter, the President's Military Aide; Robert McFarlane, then National Security Advisor; Jim Kuhn, a Presidential Assistant; Thomas Dawson (partly hidden), an assistant to Donald Regan; Secretary of State George Schultz; White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan; the President, and Dennis Thomas, an assistant to Reagan. (UPI PHOTO/THE WHITE HOUSE) | License Photo

WAP0106421986: POL-UNITED STATES-REAGAN, RONALD - ABCD FILES:Bethesda,MD January 06, 1986 --- President Ronald Reagan receives the traditional phone call from Congressional leaders 1/6/1986, informing him that the 100th Congress has convened and is ready to conduct business. The President is recovering from prostate surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital. --- WHC UPI/White House Handout | License Photo

President Ronald Reagan roars with laughter as First Lady Nancy Reagan realizes she has forgotten to introduce him after she spoke to an inaugural tribute at the Capital Centre January 21, 1985. (UPI Photo/Pat Benic/FILES) | License Photo

President Ronald Reagan is seen here watching Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's televised message to the American people January 1, 1986. (UPI/File) | License Photo

Governor Ronald Reagan of California calls on President Richard Nixon at the White House to discuss Reagan's most recent trip to the orient. The governor will leave after the meeting to attend the Republican Governors' Conference in French Lick, Indiana. (UPI Photo/FILES) | License Photo

Former first lady Nancy Reagan touches the casket of her husband, former President Ronald Reagan in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill , Wednesday, June 9, 2004. (UPI/POOL/Peter Jones) | License Photo

A supporter of former President Ronald Reagan holds a sign of support during a funeral procession down Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. State Capitol June 8, 2004. (UPI Photo/Arianne Starnes) | License Photo

WAX2001011302 - 13 JANUARY 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Former President Ronald Reagan, who is 89 years old and suffers from Alzheimer's disease, underwent emergency hip surgery at St. John's Health Center in Santa Moinica, California on January 13, 2001. A fall at his home caused the former president to break his hip. He is shown speaking in this undated file photo with Nancy Reagan in the Oval Office at the White House. bc/File Photo UPI | License Photo